Swiss federal election, 2011

23 October 2011

All 200 seats in the National Council (101 seats needed for a majority) All 46 seats in the Council of States (24 seats needed for a majority)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Toni Brunner	Christian Levrat	Fulvio Pelli
Party	Swiss People's	Social Democrats	FDP.The Liberals
Leader since	1 March 2008	1 March 2008	1 January 2009
Leader's seat	St. Gallen	Fribourg	Ticino
Last election	62+7, 28.9%	43+9, 19.5%	31+12, 15.8%
Seats before	58 + 7	42 + 9	35 + 12
Seats won	54 + 5	46 + 11	31 + 11
Seat change	10	5	1
Popular vote	641,106	450,693	364,704
Percentage	26.6%	18.7%	15.1%
Swing	2.3pp	0.9pp	2.5pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Christophe Darbellay	Ueli Leuenberger	Martin Bäumle
Party	Christian Democrats	Greens	Green Liberals
Leader since	2 September 2006	26 April 2008	20 July 2007
Leader's seat	Valais	Geneva	Zurich
Last election	31+15, 14.5%	20+2, 9.6%	3+1, 1.4%
Seats before	31 + 15	20 + 2	3 + 1
Seats won	28 + 13	15 + 2	12 + 2
Seat change	5	5	10
Popular vote	296,350	203,447	130,041
Percentage	12.3%	8.4%	5.4%
Swing	2.2pp	1.2pp	4.0pp

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Hans Grunder	Heiner Studer	Giuliano Bignasca
Party	Conservative Democrats	Evangelical People's	Lega
Leader since	1 November 2008	1 June 2008	17 January 1991
Leader's seat	Bern	None	Ticino
Last election	New	2+0, 2.4%	1+0, 0.6%
Seats before	5 + 0	2 + 0	1 + 0
Seats won	9 + 1	2 + 0	2 + 0
Seat change	New		1
Popular vote	130,878	48,259	18,956
Percentage	5.4%	2.0%	0.8%
Swing	New	0.4pp	0.2pp

Map of Swiss cantons shaded by the party that won the most votes. The Swiss People's Party dominated German-speaking Switzerland, while the Social Democrats were the largest in the French-speaking west.

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Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011. All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States.

Voter turnout was 49.1%, compared to 48.9% in 2007.^[1]

National Council

At the last election, in 2007, the Swiss People's Party (SVP) won the highest share of the vote ever recorded for a single party in Switzerland, with 29% of the vote. Soon after, a moderate faction split from the SVP, forming the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP).

In the 2011 election, the two neophyte parties BDP and Green Liberal Party (GLP) were successful, each receiving 5.4% of the popular vote. Both the GLP and the BDP have gained the required five seats to form their own parliamentary groups, suggesting a split of the centrist CVP/EVP/glp group.

All other major parties lost votes, the Swiss People's Party (SVP) for the first time since the 1987 elections. With 26.6% of the popular vote, the SVP is still the strongest party by a comfortable margin, but the 2011 elections marked the end of its rapid growth during the period of 1995–2007.

Of the small parties (below 5 seats), the Evangelical People's Party received 2.0% of the vote (+0.4%), retaining its two seats. The Ticino League received 0.8% of the vote (+0.2%) and gains one seat, now holding two.

The Christian Social Party lost one seat, but gained another to remain in the National Council, while the Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland and Swiss Party of Labour lost their single seats. Other minor groups which gathered more than 0.1% of the popular vote are: the Swiss Pirate Party (0.48%), the Swiss Democrats (0.20%), parteifrei.ch (0.19%) and Tierpartei Schweiz (0.15%).

**Summary of the 23 October 2011 National Council of Switzerland election results**
Parties		Abbr.	Alignment	Ideology	Votes^[2]	%	+/– (%)	Seats	%	+/– (seats)
	Swiss People's Party	SVP/UDC	Right wing	National conservatism	648,675	26.6	−2.3	54	27	−8
	Social Democratic Party	SPS/PSS	Centre-left/Left-wing	Social democracy	457,317	18.7	+0.8	46	23.0	+3
	FDP.The Liberals	FDP/PLR	Centre-right	Classical liberalism	368,951	15.1	−0.7	30	15.0	−1
	Christian Democratic People's Party	CVP/PDC	Centre/Centre-right	Christian democracy	300,544	12.3	−2.2	28	14.0	−3
	Green Party	GPS/PES	Left wing	Green politics	205,984	8.4	−1.2	15	7.5	−5
	Green Liberal Party	GLP/PVL	Centre	Green liberalism	131,436	5.4	+4.0	12	6.0	+9
	Conservative Democratic Party	BDP/PBD	Centre-right	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	132,279	5.4	+5.4	9	4.5	+9
	Evangelical People's Party	EVP/PEV	Centre	Christian democracy	48,789	2.0	−0.4	2	1.0	±0
	Ticino League	LdT	Right wing	Regionalism / Right-wing populism	19,657	0.8	+0.2	2	1.0	+1
	Geneva Citizens' Movement	MCG	Right wing	Regionalism / Right-wing populism	10,714	0.4	+0.3	1	0.5	+1
	Federal Democratic Union	EDU/UDF	Right wing	Christian right	31,056	1.3	±0	0	0	−1
	Party of Labour	PdA	Left wing	Socialism	21,482	0.5	−0.2	0	0	−1
	Christian Social Party	CSP/PCS	Centre-left	Christian left	6,248	0.3	-0.1	0	0	-1
Other					54,622	2.2		1	0.5	+1
Total (turnout 48.5%)					2,442,648	—	—	200	—	—
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (French) Statistics Switzerland (German)

Seats by canton

Canton	Total	SVP		SP		FDP		CVP		Grüne		glp		BDP		EVP		EDU		PdA		CSP		Lega		MCG
ZH Zurich	34	11	−1	7		4		2	−1	3	−1	4	+1	2	+2	1
BE Bern	26	8	-2	6		2	-2		-1	3		2	+2	4	+4	1		0	-1
LU Lucerne	10	2	−1	1		2		3		1		1	+1
UR Uri	1					1
SZ Schwyz	4	1	−1	1		1	+1	1
NW Nidwalden	1	1	+1			0	−1
OW Obwalden	1	0	−1																			1	+1
GL Glarus	1			0	−1									1	+1
ZG Zug	3	1				1	+1	1		0	−1
FR Fribourg	7	1		3	+1	1		2														0	−1
SO Solothurn	7	2		2	+1	1		2		0	−1
BL Basel-Landschaft	7	2		2		1		1		1
BS Basel-Stadt	5	1		2		1		1	+1	0	−1
SH Schaffhausen	2	1		1
AR Appenzell Ausserrhoden	1					1
AI Appenzell Innerrhoden	1							1
SG St. Gallen	12	4	−1	2		1		3		1		1	+1
GR Graubünden	5	1	−1	1		0	−1	1				1	+1	1	+1
AG Aargau	15	6		3		2		1	−2	1		1	+1	1	+1
TG Thurgau	6	3		1			−1	1				1	+1
TI Ticino	8	1	+1	1	-1	2	-1	2																2	+1
VD Vaud	18	4	-1	6	+2	4		1		2	-1	1	+1							0	-1
VS Valais	7	1		2	+1	1		3	−1
NE Neuchâtel	5	1		1		2				1
GE Geneva	11	2		3		2	-1	1		2																1	+1
JU Jura	2		−1	1				1	+1
Switzerland	200	54	-8	46	+3	30	-5	28	-3	15	-5	12	+9	9	+9	2	±0	0	-1	0	-1	1	±0	2	+1	1	+1

Council of States

The elections of the Council of States are done by a plurality voting system. 27 out of 46 seats were determined on the first ballot on 23 October; the remaining 19 seats were decided in a second ballot held in November.

**Summary of the 23 October, 13 November, 20 November, 27 November and 4 December 2011 Council of States of Switzerland election results**
Parties		Ideology	2007	Seats	±
	Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)	Christian democracy	15	13	-2
	FDP.The Liberals (FDP/PRD)	Classical liberalism	12	11	-1
	Social Democratic Party (SPS/PSS)	Social democracy	9	11	+2
	Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)	National conservatism	7	5	-2
	Green Party (GPS/PES)	Green politics	2	2	±0
	Green Liberal Party (GLP/VL)	Green liberalism	1	2	+1
	Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)	Conservatism / Economic liberalism	New	1	+1
	Independent	Independent	0	1	+1
Total			46	46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/srw2011CH_de.html

Canton	Seat 1	Party		Seat 2	Party
ZH Zurich	Felix Gutzwiller *	FDP.The Liberals		Verena Diener *	Green Liberal Party
BE Bern	Werner Luginbühl *	Conservative Democratic Party		Hans Stöckli	Social Democratic Party
LU Lucerne	Konrad Graber *	Christian Democratic People's Party		Georges Theiler	FDP.The Liberals
UR Uri	Isidor Baumann	Christian Democratic People's Party		Markus Stadler *	Green Liberal Party
SZ Schwyz	Alex Kuprecht *	Swiss People's Party		Peter Föhn	Swiss People's Party
OW Obwalden	Hans Hess *	FDP.The Liberals	N/A
NW Nidwalden	Paul Niederberger *	Christian Democratic People's Party	N/A
GL Glarus	This Jenny *	Swiss People's Party		Pankraz Freitag *	FDP.The Liberals
ZG Zug	Joachim Eder	FDP.The Liberals		Peter Bieri *	Christian Democratic People's Party
FR Fribourg	Alain Berset *	Social Democratic Party		Urs Schwaller *	Christian Democratic People's Party
SO Solothurn	Roberto Zanetti *	Social Democratic Party		Pirmin Bischof	Christian Democratic People's Party
BS Basel-Stadt	Anita Fetz *	Social Democratic Party	N/A
BL Basel-Landschaft	Claude Janiak	Social Democratic Party	N/A
SH Schaffhausen	Hannes Germann *	Swiss People's Party		Thomas Minder	Independent
AI Appenzell Innerrhoden	Ivo Bischofberger *	Christian Democratic People's Party	N/A
AR Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Hans Altherr *	FDP.The Liberals	N/A
SG St. Gallen	Karin Keller-Sutter	FDP.The Liberals		Paul Rechsteiner	Social Democratic Party
GR Graubünden	Martin Schmid	FDP.The Liberals		Stefan Engler	Christian Democratic People's Party
AG Aargau	Pascale Bruderer	Social Democratic Party		Christine Egerszegi *	FDP.The Liberals
TG Thurgau	Roland Eberle	Swiss People's Party		Brigitte Häberli-Koller	Christian Democratic People's Party
TI Ticino	Filippo Lombardi *	Christian Democratic People's Party		Fabio Abate	FDP.The Liberals
VD Vaud	Géraldine Savary *	Social Democratic Party		Luc Recordon *	Green Party
VS Valais	Jean-René Fournier *	Christian Democratic People's Party		René Imoberdorf *	Christian Democratic People's Party
NE Neuchâtel	Didier Berberat *	Social Democratic Party		Raphaël Comte *	FDP.The Liberals
GE Geneva	Liliane Maury Pasquier *	Social Democratic Party		Robert Cramer *	Green Party
JU Jura	Claude Hêche *	Social Democratic Party		Anne Seydoux-Christe *	Christian Democratic People's Party
* indicates a candidate that was re-elected. Source: Federal Chancellery

Pre-election polls

Pollster	Date	SVP	SPS	FDP	CVP	GPS	GLP	BDP	EVP	EDU	PdA	LdT	CSP	oth.
gfs.bern^[3]	1–8 October 2011	29.3	19.9	15.2	14.2	9.3	4.9	3.6	1.5	1.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	1.1
Isopublic^[4]	1–23 September 2011	28.2	20.3	15.7	14.2	9.8	5.2	3.2	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	3.4
gfs.bern^[5]	23 August – 3 September 2011	28.0	20.5	15.6	14.5	9.5	4.5	3.1	1.6	1.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	1.7
demoscope.ch^[6]	25 July – 6 August 2011	24.8	19.5	17.8	12.4	9.9	7.2	3.0	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	5.4
gfs.bern^[5]	25 July – 6 August 2011	27.4	18.5	16.1	15.0	10.1	4.6	2.9	1.7	1.7	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	2.0
gfs.bern^[7]	13–26 June 2011	27.5	18.9	15.0	13.4	10.0	5.2	3.0	2.4	1.3	n.c.	n.c.	n.c.	3.3
Isopublic^[8]	8–18 June 2011	28.7	18.6	13.9	13.2	9.9	8.0	3.7	1.0	0.1	n.c.	n.c.	0.2	1.8
gfs.bern^[7]	4–16 April 2011	29.9	17.7	15.2	12.7	10.9	5.7	3.5	1.5	1.1	n.c	n.c	n.c	1.8
Isopublic^[9]	17–26 March 2011	25.4	18.2	15.4	14.3	10.5	6.1	2.8	n.c	n.c	n.c	n.c	n.c	7.3
gfs.bern^[7]	10–22 January 2011	29.8	18.0	17.7	12.9	8.8	5.2	2.6	2.2	1.5	n.c	n.c	n.c	1.4
Isopublic^[10]	10–21 December 2010	26.0	19.1	17.1	13.8	9.1	3.2	4.5	1.4	1.2	0.5	n.c	n.c	4.1
gfs.bern^[7]	28 Sept. – 11 Oct. 2010	26.1	20.1	17.2	14.1	8.5	3.8	3.6	2.4	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.0
2007 federal election^[11]	21 October 2007	28.9	19.5	17.7	14.5	9.6	1.4	—	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.4	2.9

Notes and references

↑ "Wahlbeteiligung 2011". Politik-stat.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ These numbers represent fictional voters. See National Council for more details.
↑ "gfs.bern AG - öffentliche Meinung; Umfragen; Issue-Analysen; Politik, Kommunikation, Gesellschaft, Trends". Gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "Detail - SonntagsZeitung". Sonntagszeitung.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20120331162056/http://www.demoscope.ch/upload/docs/PDF2008/Bli.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
1 2 3 4 "Barometer of voting" (JPG). Kunden.gfsbern.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20110815151705/http://www.isopublic.ch/publikationen/pdf/ISOPUBLIC%20POLITBarometer%20Juni%202011.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20111001211951/http://www.sonntagszeitung.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf_dokumente/2011/Dossier_27.3.11.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "ISOPUBLIC POLITBAROMETER im Auftrag der SonntagsZeitung & Le Matin Dimanche" (PDF). Isopublic.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110723000454/http://www.politiquesuisse.5gigs.net/cn.html. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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